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Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.

Amazing coloration of an Australogyra zelli branching moon coral from Malaysia

This amazing Australogyra zelli from Malaysia seriously made us do a double take. Looking somewhere between a Hydnophora with the color and texture of a Goniastrea, this farmed color of the true branching moon coral must be endemic to Malaysian…

ATB Elegance Pro skimmer gets outfitted with spinning spraybar neck and cup cleaner

The ATB Elegance 250 Pro is a high performance protein skimmer from ATB which packs a ton of features into a nice tight package. The Elegance 250 Pro comes stock with an air silencer, internal AirStar needle wheel pump, doube…

Cobra internal power filter from Aquarium Systems France

The Cobra internal power filter is a new redesign to the widely used Duetto power filter, the same mini filter used in Ecoreef One. The Cobra is so named because of it’s articulating output which can twist and turn to…

Thermoelectric chiller from Johnlen is the first new stacked peltier we’ve seen in a long time

It seems like so long ago when the promise of Peltech’s stacked peltiers would bring high capacity thermoelectric chilling to the aquarium world. Some serious technical problems with Peltech’s thermoelectric chillers gave the brand a really bad reputation in the…

Camelbak’s Flow Meter makes a unique gauge for water metering

While stocking up on some summer activity supplies at the local outdoor adventure store, we came across an interesting device which seems way more suited to various aquarium applications than what it was actually designed for. The Camelbak flow meter…

Jaw-dropping giant clams from Samoa appear at Extreme Corals DE

We’ve been covering new and sensational giant clams for years but a recent crop of farm raised clams from Samoa has definitely gotten our attention. The stunning, jaw-dropping clams appeared at the German Extreme Corals and they have some elements…

Cost of Lanthanum and Neodymium rise sharply following China’s stockpiling of rare earth metals

There is one chemical reaction at which the rare earth metal Lanthanum is particularly good at, and that’s precipitating phosphate from water. The use of Lanthanum Chloride (LaCl3) to precipitate phosphate from reef aquarium water has grown in recent years,…

Yellow face coral beauty angelfish imported from Cebu by Aqua Terra Distributors

As far as unusually colored reef fish go, this yellow faced coral beauty is definitely an eye catching specimen. Captured in Cebu, the yellow face Coral Beauty angelfish is a larger specimen which doesn’t appear to be a hybrid with…

Elos Evision is the new expansive concept for aquarium control

The Elos Evision is a broad new aquarium controller line from Elos that has a simple foundation but which can be built up into a very sophisticated aquarium controller. Built on a framework of standard home automation bus, the heart…

Elos Evision ControlCenter is an attractive touchscreen remote control

The Elos Evision ControlCenter may just be the most attractive touchscreen remote control we’ve yet seen for the aquarium market. The high quality resistive touchscreen of the COntrolCenter is so sensitive that it actually feels like it is capacitive and…